DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).

Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.

CW: After RIVERDALE’s steady 0.4 return from its Olympics break, LIFE SENTENCE premiered at 0.3, but it was already at 0.2 by its 2nd half-hour.

ABC: All the sitcoms were up 0.1: THE GOLDBERGS to 1.4, SPEECHLESS to 1.2, MODERN FAMILY to 1.4, and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE to 1.1. DESIGNATED SURVIVOR remained at 0.6.

CBS: SURVIVOR held last week’s 1.7, and SEAL TEAM, back in its 9PM slot, was up 0.1 to 0.9. CRIMINAL MINDS aired for the first time since January 31 and was down 0.1 to 0.9.

NBC: The line-up was up 0.1: THE BLACKLIST to 1.0, SVU to 1.2, and CHICAGO PD to 1.3.

FOX: THE X-FILES (0.9) and 9-1-1 (1.6) were both up 0.1.

Tonight’s new arrival is NBC’s sitcom CHAMPIONS.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day.

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.

You know there’s nothing stopping CBS from canceling the show and just opening up another slot next season for one of its projects. Fans of Dynasty spouting wishing thinking on comment boards aren’t the most reliable out there.

Don’t say that just yet as Riverdale can still adjust up to 0.5 later. And of course its almost back to its Season 1 numbers, considering DST is next week. But Riverdales S2 average is still up +41% from S1 so…

Quite the leap though no? PLL was massively successful. Life Sentence was massively unsuccessful. That said quite a few actors have moments like this. Wait for websites like TVLine to claim that the CW won’t make a decision for months yet, when such a decision will be done fairly quickly with those numbers.

I don’t want to sound mean or anything but if the comments section is anything to go by, they don’t attract anyone with even a modicum of intelligence. Take a look at the Kevin one, namely the top few comments. I’m genuinely glad we don’t get that level of clueless here.